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Reader Girls is today's stop for The Keepers Blog Tour . The Keepers may be classified as a YA paranormal romance but this story deals with other issues like faith, loss, heartbreak and angels. Author Monique O'Connor James is sharing an excerpt form her novel and offering one copy to one of our readers. First, let's share the blurb with you. Book blurb: Jess denies God. In his infinite wisdom, he's taken everyone she's ever loved. Moving to the French Quarter was a ploy to erase the guilt she felt for rebuking her faith. Perhaps, if she hadn't met Justin, an angel preoccupied with getting back into God's good graces, and drowning in his hatred for humanity, her plan would have worked. Justin's general disdain for the human race makes him difficult to like, but some higher power has appointed him her keeper. Justin's convinced he can mend her broken relationship with her maker, but in the process he learns a thing or two about his own human...

Today is the first day of September and that means it's the first day of the Back to the Books Giveaway Hop . This hop, hosted by the ladies from I Am A Reader, Not a Writer and Buried in Books , runs from today until midnight on Wednesday, September 7th.  Reader Girls are offering 2 $10 Amazon gift cards or for international winners, a book up to $10 from the Book Depository (before you enter, please make sure BD delivers to your area).   All you need to do is be a follower and enter below. Thanks for stopping by and entering. Good luck. There are over 300 blogs participating. Here is the list. 

Hardcover: 432 pages Publisher: St. Martin's Press; First Edition edition (August 2, 2011) Blurb: Harm no human... A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore he’d spend eternity protecting the humans he’d once considered prey. Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief- Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and training for the day when she meets the man who killed her family: Jess Brady. A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster... Jess has bee...

Reader Girls is ecstatic to be the tour stop today for The Secret of Spruce Knoll . It has been a wonderful journey watching and reading Heather McCorkle's journey from aspiring writer to published author. Congratulations Heather on the publication of your first book! What is  The Secret of Spruce Knoll ?  This book is a Young Adult urban fantasy and here's the blurb:  Following the tragic death of her parents, Eren Donovan moves to Spruce Knoll to live with her aunt. Little does Eren know the entire town of Spruce Knoll is filled with “channelers”—a magical group of people who immigrated to the small Colorado town when they were driven out of their own lands.  Channelers are tied to the fate of the world. As the world slowly dies, so do  they—and they alone have the power to stop the destruction of Earth. Now, Eren learns she not only lives among them, but she is one. When she meets local boy Aiden, his charm convinces her that being a ch...

Now that Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene has gone and power is on, it is time to get back to blogging. We hope everyone who was affected is doing well.  Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Miz B at ShouldBeReading  where you randomly take two lines from your current read (spoiler-free please) and highlight them in a post. This week we have three and you'll see they all have one recurring theme: vampires. With the girls finishing up reading for their class requirements, I'm putting up what I've begun, am halfway through with, and have almost finished. Our first tease is from Vampire Empire, Book Two: The Rift Walker by Clay Griffith and Susan Griffith. This is the one book I did a happy dance for when I received it in the mail.  "Adele tried desperately to keep to the shade, but they had to dart across open streets where the sun beat down mercilessly. While she moved as quickly as she could, Gareth actually slowed as if he was wading through someth...

Reader Girls is hosting the second part of the  Credo's Hope Blog Tour . Author Allison Holt has provided an excerpt from her novel for us to enjoy. We welcome her back. First, we'll post the blurb: Introducing Detective ALEXANDRA WOLFE, a fresh, funny, tough cop who skates on the edge of the law in her quest for justice. A Mafia boss, a hunky bi-sexual nurse, Alex's rescued mutt, Tessa, and her exuberant best friend, MEGAN, help Alex turn her everyday life as a detective upside down. Six years ago, Brian McClelland was murdered, and his brother was convicted of shooting him. When Megan bullies Alex into reviewing the case, Alex discovers that her Captain was the chief investigator who overlooked evidence that might have proved the brother's innocence. Against the Captain's orders and Alex's better judgment, she unofficially re-opens the case and finds herself following a twisted investigative trail left by the murder victim. The problem is, she has no idea wh...

Format: Kindle Edition File Size: 415 KB Publisher: Red Hot Publishing (August 13, 2011) Blurb: Jude Magdalyn Henries lives what many would call an unconventional life. Orphaned at birth, raised by nuns, a teenage runaway living on the streets… she now earns a living at odd jobs, including one as a fake tarot card reader. Very little about Jude’s life appears normal, by any scale. When she accepts a gig to do a private reading, unconventional takes on an entirely new meaning. Life as she knows it ends when she’s thrust into a world she never knew existed—one filled with magic, vampires, and her beloved New Orleans on the verge of an underground war. To make matters worse, she's got two men in her life vying for attention, Williams and Theo. Both call to a different part of her, but one scares her just a little bit. Can she step up to the challenges set before her and make the right choices for the greater, which may or not be the greater good? My review:  "I may have...